Corewell Health Place North Monroe Campus Special Land Use Permit

633, 637, & 647 Ottawa Ave NW - Surface Parking are going before the Grand Rapids Planning Commission for a Special Land Use for these parcels of land. This is for the construction of surface lot that will hold 39 spaces, once the current buildings have been demolished. The current narrative provided by Corewell that the intend is to replace this surface parking lot in the future with future development.

The Grand Rapids Planning Department Staff report for the project is found here. http://grandrapidscitymi.iqm2.com

The minutes from the 2023 request for a Special Land Use can be found on that page and provide insight in to why this was tabled in 2023 by the Planning Commission.

If you wish to take action and voice your opinion on this Special Land Use to the Planning Commission you can find an example letter of opposition to this request here. This request will be on the agenda for 3/13/2025.

The land in question is inside of the RED outline.

Current Buildings at 647 Ottawa. Since Corewell has purchased these building from previous occupants the buildings have been “unused and blighted buildings” per the project narrative.

The above photos have been taken between the dates of February 3rd and the 20th of 2025, all during business hours during the business week. With the current building usage and worker habits, we can see that ramp usage is quite good, however there is plenty of space still available in the ramps visible. The current surface lots have low use and it looks like it mostly building contractor use for oversized vehicles.